BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics): “Foreclosure” – by Matt Leichter, Esq.
BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.
Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York. Fearing for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “With the Links”.
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GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC
A Clean Slate – the Bankruptcy Law Blog by Andy Winchell
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange
- Mortgages, Foreclosure, Morality
- Stopping Foreclosure When the Lender Says “NO!”
- Florida Mortgage Foreclosure and Liability
- A New Unexpected Cause of Foreclosure Examined
- Foreclosure: The Best Thing That Ever Happened To You?
- Foreclosure Update: the Good and the Bad
- What Is The Difference Between Surrendering A Home And Foreclosure?
- If I walk away from my underwater house, can I be sued for the deficiency?
- Foreclosures Likely to Top One Million This Year
- Minor late fees won’t trigger foreclosure
- ¡MORE!
- Foreclosure: Should You Embrace It?
- Avoid bankruptcy if not facing a mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgment
- Bankruptcy and Short Sales
- Bankruptcy And Foreclosure
- File Bankruptcy: Keep Your Home / Walk Away From Your Home
- Does Working On A Mortgage Modification Stop Foreclosure?
Beat the Press (Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research)
***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.***
- Foreclosure Update: the Good and the Bad
- How to Find the Owner of Your Mortgage
- Produce the (Bogus?) Paper
- Foreclosures: What about the States?
- Tenant Protections in Foreclosure
- CL&P Blog: Foreclosure Stories and Goldman Sachs
- CL&P Blog: Foreclosures: Not Getting any Better
- CL&P Blog: New Study – Foreclosures’ Impact on Families
- CL&P Blog: Foreclosure Crisis
- CL&P Blog: October Foreclosure Crisis Update
- CL&P Blog: Looking Into the Foreclosure Process
- CL&P Blog: Times Reports on Identity Theft Risks, Foreclosure Crisis, Privacy Policies, And More
- CL&P Blog: NCLC Report on Why Mortgage Servicers Foreclose When They Should Modify Loans
- CL&P Blog: Times Articles on Foreclosure Issues, Mortgage Fees, and College Loans
- CL&P Blog: Mortgage Crisis Update: Treasury Tinkers with Failed HAMP Program, Delinquencies and Foreclosures Stubbornly Refuse to Go Away
ALABAMA
Collins & Hancock – Alabama Bankruptcy Blog (Cullman, AL)
Matt Dunaway, Esq. – Birmingham Bankruptcy Blog (Birmingham, AL)
- Mortgage Delinquencies Still Rising
- Foreclosure Notice in Alabama (Why Many Homeowners are NOT aware their homes were sold at Foreclosure Sales)
- Foreclosures and Voodoo Accounting Put Banks at Risk
- Sub-prime Foreclosures and Credit Crisis bring down Wall Street’s Bear Stearns
- Stemming the rising tide of Foreclosures in Alabama
- Alabama Mortgage Crisis Increases Foreclosures
Watts Law Group, P.C. and M. Stan Herring, P.C. – Alabama Consumer Law Blog (Birmingham, AL)
- Article On Should I Trust The Foreclosure Lawyer To Advise Me?
- Video – Alabama Ejectment Suit – Assuming Nothing Can Be Done After Foreclosure – Second Most Common Mistake
- Video – First Critical Mistake In Alabama Ejectment Lawsuit – Failing To Answer The Complaint
- Video – Overview Of Five Most Common Mistakes When Alabama Consumers Sued For Ejectment
- Video On Three Stages Of Foreclosure In Alabama
- Seven Things To Ask Your Foreclosure Defense Lawyer Before Hiring
- Mortgage Company Suing You for Ejectment after Foreclosure? Good.
- Wonderful Ruling Out Of Florida on Foreclosures – You Won’t Believe This….
- Do You Want Bogus Defenses Or Do You Want Real Defenses To Foreclosures In Alabama?
- Can A Mortgage Company Still Foreclose On Me If I Am In A Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
- ¡MORE!
ARIZONA
Michael S. Anderson, Esq. – Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Mesa, AZ)
- Arizona Short Sale – If bankruptcy is in your future, be careful
- Foreclosures Rise 81% in 2008 from 2007
CALIFORNIA
Northern California
Cathy Moran, Esq. – BankruptcyMastery.com and On the Bankruptcy Soapbox (Mt View, CA) (aka Silicon Valley)
- Homeowner’s rights intact while “in foreclosure”
- After the loan modification: the underwater house
- Surrendering Property in Bankruptcy
Jeena Cho, Esq. (JC Law Group) – San Francisco Bankruptcy Blog (San Francisco, CA)
Sagaria Law, PC – California Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (San Jose, Freemon, Monterrey, Redwood City, Salinas, Sacramento, CA); also by Scott Sagaria – American Bankruptcy Association (ABA) Journal California Bankruptcy Blog
- Can Someone Foreclose After Bankruptcy Petition Filed?
- Can I Short Sell A House In Bankruptcy?
- How Do I Stop Foreclosure in San Jose and Fremont?
Southern California
Christine Wilton, Esq. – Los Angeles Bankruptcy Law Monitor (Los Angeles, CA)
- Mortgage Forensic Loan Audits Scam Alert
- Bankruptcy as a Home-Saving Device
- Temporary Foreclosure Relief enacted in California
- 5 Ways to Stop a Foreclosure
Hale Antico, Esq. – Los Angeles Bankruptcy Blog (Los Angeles, CA)
- Foreclosure Relief Scams
- Data: Why the Foreclosures?
- Foreclosures up in April… again
- Notice of Default (NOD) to Foreclosure in how many seconds, flat?
Howard Nassiri (Vincent D. Howard, Esq. and Damian J. Nassiri, Esq.) – California Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Anaheim, CA)
- California Considering Law Banning Foreclosures Before Loan Modification Decision
- More Homeowners Taking Advantage of Long Delay Between Foreclosure and Eviction
- Experts Predict Flood of Lawsuits Against Unsuspecting Foreclosed Homeowners
- Experts Say Federal Policy Could Stop or Slow Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures
- Homeowners Continue to Go Into Foreclosure Because of Bank Miscommunications
- Bankrupt, Foreclosed Homeowners Being Hit by HOA Fee Lawsuits
Mark J. Markus, Esq. – Los Angeles Bankruptcy Blog: Current issues, comments, questions and answers in bankruptcy law (Los Angeles, CA)
COLORADO
Gailyn Wink & Michael Wink – Wink & Wink, P.C. (Denver, Co)
CONNECTICUT
Eugene Melchionne, Esq. – ConsumerBankruptcyTips.com (Waterbury, CT)
- Attorney Melchionne cited by Waterbury Republican-American on Foreclosures
- Attorney Melchionne interviewed by CBS Evening News on Foreclosure Issues
- Attorney Melchionne featured in Article on Foreclosures
- Attorney Melchionne featured in NY Times article on family’s fight against foreclosure in Connecticut
FLORIDA
Jonathan Alper, Esq. – Florida Bankruptcy Law Blog (Orlando, FL)
Jordan E. Bublick, Esq. – South Florida Bankruptcy Law Blog (Miami, FL)
- Palm Beach County Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation
- Options for Distressed South Florida Homeowners
- Florida Mortgage Foreclosure and Liability
- Hearings on Foreclosures Before Joint Economic Committee
GEORGIA
Jonathan Ginsberg, Esq. – theBKLaw (Atlanta, GA)
- Can You Rely on a Verbal Promise that Your Foreclosure Will be Delayed?
- Should You Save Your Home from Foreclosure, or Should You Let it Go
- Honest Renters Get Caught in Foreclosure Disasters
- Foreclosure Practices in North Georgia Come Under Scrutiny
- Georgia Legislature Considers Home Foreclosure Relief Bills
ILLINOIS
David Leibowitz, Esq. (Lakelaw Bankruptcy Center) – LakeBlawg (Chicago, Waukegan, Kenosha, Skokie, Lacrosse, IL)
- Don’t ignore a Wisconsin Mortgage Foreclosure Complaint
- Congress responding to foreclosure – Loan Modifications in Chapter 13
Steven Jakubowski, Esq. (Coleman Law Firm) – Bankruptcy Litigation Blog (Chicago, IL)
INDIANA
Mark S. Zuckerberg, Esq. (Indianapolis, IN)
- Help Stop Foreclosure! All In A Day’s Work For Indiana Bankruptcy Lawyer
- Renters Caught Between Someone Else’s Foreclosure And Their Own Indiana Bankruptcy
- Indiana Bankruptcy Attorney’s Report On New Mortgage Modification Team-Up: Supreme Court & Foreclosure Prevention Network
- Women, Bankruptcy, And Foreclosure
- Indiana Bankruptcy Attorney’s And Bank Of America’s Programs To Help Stop Foreclosure
MARYLAND
Belsky Weinberg & Horowitz – Maryland Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog and Maryland Lawyer Online (Baltimore, Columbia, Greenbelt, Rockville, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, MD)
- How bankruptcy can stop foreclosure?
- What Could Make the Foreclosure Crisis any Worse?
- Foreclosures: Still a Looming Problem in Maryland
- Home Foreclosures & Bankruptcy: What is a Past or Present Homeowner to Do?
- New Maryland Rule Affords Homeowners Additional Rights in Foreclosure Proceedings
- The Three Branches of the Government Respond to the Foreclosure and Economic Crisis
MASSACHUSETTS
Bill McLeod (McLeod Law Offices) – McLeod Law Blog (Boston, MA)
- Redux Predators in our Midst: A Warning for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
- Short Sales & Foreclosure: Perception & Reality
- Saving the Home: Thinking Beyond “Delay and Pray”
- Victims of Foreclosure
- Another Foreclosure Workshop Planned
Bacon Wilson P.C. – Bankruptcy Bits (Springfield, Westfield, Northampton, Amherst, MA)
Dax B. Grantham, Esq. (Grantham Cencarik, P.C.)
Goldstein & Clegg, LLC – Bankruptcy & Loan Modifications (Lynnfield, MA); also ABA Journal Massachusetts Bankruptcy Blog by Michael Goldstein
- Banks who buy mortgages may not be able to foreclose
- Foreclosure or Bankruptcy – Which is the lesser of two evils
Kara O’Donnell, Esq. (Law Office of Kara O’Donnell) – Quincy Bankruptcy Blog (Quincy, MA)
Nicolas F. Ortiz, Esq. – Massachusetts Bankruptcy and Consumer Law (Boston, MA)
- Massachusetts Mortgage Foreclosure Backlog
- Massachusetts Land Court Foreclosure Case Affirmed
- Judge Somma Orders Continuation of Preliminary Injunction of Mortgage Foreclosure
MICHIGAN
Kurt O’Keefe, Esq. – Bankruptcy Blog (G.P. Woods, MI)
- Foreclosure Crisis – The Next Phase
- Michigan Bankruptcy and Foreclosure News
- Did Bankruptcy Reform Worsen Foreclosure Crisis?
- HAMP Failing To Stem Foreclosures
- Michigan Foreclosure Crisis Continuing
- Foreclosures And Bankruptcy
- What Happens In A Michigan Foreclosure?
- Top Ten List Of Things To Do When You Get A Foreclosure Notice
- Government Report on Foreclosure Crisis
- Record Number of Foreclosures
- ¡MORE!
Michigan’s Bankruptcy Blog (not a lawyer – apparently someone who went through bankruptcy. Seemingly a good resource.)
NEVADA
Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)
- Haines & Krieger Las Vegas Foreclosure Round-up 04.02.10
- Haines & Krieger Las Vegas Foreclosure Round-up 03.26.10
- Haines & Krieger’s Las Vegas Foreclosure Round-up 03.04.10
- Using Bankruptcy To Walk Away From A Home
Black & LoBello Law Blog (Las Vegas, NV)
- New Foreclosure Numbers For 1st Half of 2010
- Avoid Foreclosure with a Deed-In-Lieu?
- Mortgage lenders pursue homeowners even after foreclosure
- Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program Helps Thousands of Homeowners
- Distinct Nevada Laws Concerning Deeds of Trust & Foreclosure
- Income Tax Considerations Involved in a Short Sale or Foreclosure
- Final Nevada Mandatory Foreclosure Rules Adopted
- Proposed Rules for Foreclosure Mediation
- The Foreclosure Process In Nevada
- Protecting Tenants in Foreclosure
NEW JERSEY
Stark & Stark – Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Blog (Lawrenceville, NJ)
- Recently Passed New Jersey Foreclosure Fairness Act Effective January 26, 2010 and February 16, 2010
- New Jersey Judiciary Foreclosure Mediation Program Update
NEW MEXICO
Gini Nelson Law Office – New Mexico Bankruptcy Law Blog (Santa Fe, NM)
- When Foreclosure Threatens: Can You Afford to Keep Your Home? Part 1
- When Foreclosure Threatens: Can You Afford to Keep Your Home? Part 2
- When Foreclosure Threatens: Can You Afford to Keep Your Home? Part 3
NEW YORK
Bruce Weiner, Esq. (Rosenberg Musso & Weiner) – NYBankruptcyNet (Brooklyn, NY)
- Pre-bankruptcy planning in New York and the continuing foreclosure crisis and economic recession
- Loan modification scams and U.S. Foreclosure Relief
- Foreclosure increase + jobless recovery = Trouble
- Brooklyn Judge gives New York homeowners a fighting chance against foreclosure
- New York foreclosures likely to continue as ARMs begin to re-set over next 4 years
- Bankruptcy Bits: Subprime lender subsidies; Foreclosure depression and Japan’s lack of medical bankruptcies
- Foreclosure mediation and other new ways to encourage loan modification
- Love in the Time of Foreclosure
- Loan modification: Are you eligible?
Craig D. Robins, Esq. – Long Island Bankruptcy Blog (Woodbury, NY)
- Long Island Mortgage Foreclosure Clinics on News 12 Tonight
- Has Steven J. Baum, P.C. Served You with Foreclosure Papers?
- Mortgage Companies Entitlement to Bring Foreclosure Proceedings: Prove It or Lose It
- Judicial Sentiment Against Foreclosing-Banks Reaching All-Time High
- Long Island Bankruptcy Debtors Delay Foreclosure for 12 Years
- Foreclosure Law Discussed by Four Suffolk County Supreme Court Judges
- Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney Craig Robins Quoted In Newsday Article About Canceled Mortgage
- Judge Cancels Mortgage Due to Mortgagee’s Shocking Behavior in Long Island Foreclosure Action
- A New Powerful Mortgage Foreclosure Defense — Compliments of MERS
- Many New York Foreclosure Suits Are Dismissed Because They Are Defective
- ¡MORE!
Daniel Gershberg, Esq., P.C. (Newark, NJ and Brooklyn, NY)
Elliot S. Schlissel, Esq. – The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog (Lynbrook, NY)
- Judge Punishes Bank For Unfair Mortgage Agreement
- Foreclosure Rates Going Up in 2010
- Foreclosure Dismissed- Mortgage Cancelled Due to Bank’s Bad Behavior
- Foreclosure – Don’t Give Up – You Can Fight
Starr & Starr, PLLC – New York Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (New York, NY)
- New York Foreclosure — Personal Chapter 11 Cases
- NY Foreclosure & Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- New York Foreclosure & Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Wayne D. Holly, Esq. – Bankruptcy Fraud Resource Center (New York, NY)
NORTH CAROLINA
Susanne M. Robicsek, Esq. – North Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyer (Charlotte, NC)
OHIO
Justin M. Smith, Esq. – Cleveland Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Cleveland, OH)
- Ohio May See Rise in Delinquent Mortgages in 2009 and Beyond
- Ohio Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Should Seek Legal Advice: New Developments May Help
OKLAHOMA
Law Office of Daniel C. Nunley, Esq. – Oklahoma Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Broken Arrow, OK)
- Elizabeth Warren Says Obama’s Foreclosure Aid Program (HAMP) Is A Failure
- Defending Foreclosures In Oklahoma
- How does filing bankruptcy stop the foreclosure of my home in Oklahoma?
- What happens during the “judicial foreclosure” process in Oklahoma?
- What is foreclosure in Oklahoma?
- Citigroup Suspends Foreclosures For Christmas
PENNSYLVANIA
Law Office of Steven M. Otto, LLC – A Bankruptcy Lawyer and His Take on Consumer Law (Sewickley, PA)
- Bank of America Runs Ad Touting Foreclosure Program
- Colorado now offers a foreclosure assistance hotline
RHODE ISLAND
David Hathaway, Esq. – Rhode Island Bankruptcy Information Center (Warwick, RI)
TEXAS
Reed Allmand, Esq. (Allmand & Lee) – Reed’s Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX)
- Apartment Dwellers Suffer From Foreclosure
- Three Lender Practices Driving Americans Into Foreclosure
Cary & Lippincott – Texas Collection Law Blog (Austin, TX)
- Austin Lawyer: “Produce the Note” Claims in Foreclosure
- Texas Foreclosure Procedures
- Fair Debt and Texas Foreclosure
Chuck Newton, Esq. – StayViolation.com (TX)
Fears & Nachawati – Texas Bankruptcy Blog (Austin, Houston and San Antonio, TX)
- Dallas-Fort Worth area sees decrease in foreclosure filings in February
- Study finds more Texans filing for bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure
- Fort Worth Homeowners: You Can Avoid Foreclosures!
- What are my alternatives to Bankruptcy to Stop a Foreclosure?
- Texas Hit Hard By Foreclosures
- Avoid Foreclosure Scams & Save Your Home
- Bill would buy more time for Texans in foreclosure
- Dallas Fort Worth Foreclosure Filings on the Rise
- Citizen Fights Foreclosure
- U.S. foreclosures down 10% from December
- ¡MORE!
J. Brian Allen – Northeast Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer (Sulphur Springs, TX)
- Queens homeowners sue Chase to gain relief from foreclosure
- Day 1 Filing Chapter 13 – Stopping the Foreclosure And Repossession
J. Michael McBride, P.C. – TexasLawyerBlog (Ft. Worth, TX)
- Treasury Department Announces Foreclosure Relief
- Next Wave of Foreclosures
- Foreclosures Continue to Climb (46%), Car Sales Fall Locally (41%)
WASHINGTON
Spencer Anderson Buhr PLLC – Seattle Bankruptcy Blog (Seattle, WA)
- Lenders going after money lost in foreclosures and short sales
- Disorganization at Banks Causing Mistaken Foreclosures
- How foreclosure and bankruptcy impacts your credit score
WISCONSIN
Law Office of Gregory A. Holbus, Esq. – Wisconsin Bankruptcy Blog (Green Bay, WI)
- June Foreclosure Stats
- Mortgage Modification Scams – point of clarification
- Are Mortgage Modification Agreements a Scam?
- March Foreclosure Stats
- Foreclosure Alternatives
- Can bankruptcy stop foreclosure?
- Foreclosures Still on the Rise
Brad Lund, Esq. (Lund Law Offices) – Law by Lund (Wasau, WI)
- Loan Modification and Short Sales
- Foreclosure: How Much Time Do You Have before They Take Your House?
Jamie Miller, Esq. (Miller & Miller, LLC) – Milwaukee Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Milwaukee, WI)
- Foreclosures Rose 5% in Wisconsin
- How Chapter 13 Can Save Your Home
- How does foreclosure work in Wisconsin and how does filing bankruptcy stop it?
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